Brown v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
160 F.2d 310 · 1947
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
March 1953
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Viereck v. United States · Galatas v. United States · Thomas v. Hunter · Rutledge v. United States · United States v. Brown
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to begin at the expiration of any sentence he is now serving, or to be served which was imposed prior to this date . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“any sentence under which such person is held”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.